Governor for windmills.



PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903 P. 1. STORVIK.

GOVERNOR FOR. WINDMILLS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5, 1902.

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NITED STATES ATENT FFICE,

PAUL IVERSEN STORVIK, OF STERLING, ARKANSAS.

GOVERNOR FOR WINDMILLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 723,332, dated March 24, 1903. Application filed July5, 1902. Serial No. 114,446. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PAUL IVERSEN SToRvIK, a subject of the King of Sweden and Norway, residing at Sterling, in the county of Ohicot and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful. Governor for Windmills, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to windwheels, and more particularly to a governor for wind-Wheels, the object being to provide:

a simple and efficient device capable of attachment to wind-wheels now in use for the purpose ofregulating the speed and maintaining a uniform action of the operating mechanism connected with the wheel.

U With these objects in View the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings formin g a part of this specie construction of governor. plan viewof the same.

4 is a side elevation illustrating the construction andarrangement of the governor, the wheel-casting being omitted; and Fig. Sisan end view of the governor. In carrying out my invention I employ wheel-casting A, in which is journaled a wheel-shaft B, said casting beingconnected to the derrick by meansof the tubular head or cap 0. A gearD is rigidly mounted upon the wheel-shaft B and mesheswith the pin ion E, mounted upon the end of a shaft E, journaled in the wheel-casting, and integral with the pinion E is the beveled gear F, which meshes with the beveled gear G, mounted upon the shaft H, which passes-downwardly through the tubular head 0. The reduced upper end of the shaft F extends through the.

top of the wheel-casting and carries the' bev eled gear I, meshing with the beveled gear J, mounted upon a shaft K, journaled in a bracket arranged upon the upper end of the wheel-casting, said shaft also carrying a pulley L, around which travels a belt M, which runs to the pulley N, journaled in a suitable bearing-bracket and carrying a beveled gear wheels S S and shaft S 0, which meshes with the beveled. gear P, to which the governor-arms Q are attached, said governor-arms being connected at their up- -per ends by the head Q, carrying a shaft R,

which extends downwardly through the gear P and carries a foot-piece R, adapted to bear upon a pin R arranged upon the face of a disk R said disk being mounted upon a shaft carrying a beveled gearS atits opposite end,

which gear in turn meshes with another beveled gear S, mounted upon the end of a shaft S which is rigidly connected to the vane-cas ting V. The casting T, in which these various shafts are journaled, is securely bolted to one side of the wheel-casting, as most clearly shown, and a spiral spring T surrounds a shaft S one end bearing against the casting T, while the other end bears against the vanecasting, and a coil-spring U also connects the castingT and vane-casting V, said spring serving to normally hold the vane in its proper relative position with relation to the wheel and its casting.

In'operation the wheel rotates in the same manner as wind-wheels in general use and transmits its motion to the shaft H by means of the gear D,-pinion E, and beveled gears F and Gr. At the same time pulley-wheel Limparts II10lZlO[l to the governor through the medium of the belt M and pulley-wheel N, g

and should the speedof the wind-wheel become excessive the governo'r'will of course be operated and depress the rod or shaft R, causing the foot R to press down upon the pin, turning the disk and swinging the vane around through the medium of the gear- The moment the vane is swung around the wheel will be shifted, owing to the action of the wind upon the vane, and this shifting of the wheel will tend to red-uce'its speed, and when the speed becomes normal all of the parts will return to their normal positions.

It will thus be seen thatI provide an eX- ceedingly simple and efficient construction of wind-wheel regulator or goveruorcapable for use in connection with theordinary windwheels now in common use. I I

Having thus fully'descr'ibedmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a wind-wheel governor, the combination with the wheel and vane castings, of a governor attached to the wheel-casting, a shaft attached to the vane-casting, a disk having a pin projecting from one face thereof, said disk being connected to the shaft carried by the vane, by means of gearing, and a governor rod or shaft having a foot adapted to act upon a pin carried by the disk, substantially as specified.

2. In a Wind-wheel governor, the combination with the vane and wheel castings, and springs for holding them in their proper relative positions, of a casting secured to the wheel casting and carrying a governor, a

shaft rigidly connected to the vane, and having a beveled gear at its upper end, a beveled gear carried upon the shaft at rightangles to the first-mentioned shaft and having a disk at its opposite end said disk having a pin projecting therefrom, a governor-shaft having a foot at its lower end adapted to act upon the said pin and means for operating ,the governor from the wheel-shaft, for the purpose specified.

PAUL IVERSEN STORVIK. .Witnesses:

W. W. GRAVES, J AS. M. GRAHAM. 

